OAKLAND, CA, Dec. 21, 2018 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -Kraft paper domestic and export demand remained steady to solid in North America, although less aggressive than earlier this year, contacts said this week.

"I don't see things as hot as they were for most of 2018," said one contact, of the market condition this week.

"I don't think there's the upward movement as there was in the third quarter, for example," he added.